Richard Beckinsale
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday6 July 1947
Died19 March 1979 (age 31)
Place of birthCarlton, Nottinghamshire, UK
Known credits24
Biography
Richard Beckinsale was an English actor, best known for his roles as Lennie Godber in the popular BBC sitcom Porridge and Alan Moore in the British ITV sitcom Rising Damp. He is the father of actresses Samantha Beckinsale and Kate Beckinsale. He died of a congenital heart defect at the age of just thirty one in 1979.
Comedy Classics: Porridge
2022 · (archive footage)
Bloody Kids
1980 · Detective Ritchie (uncredited; Died before filming completed)
Bloomers
1979
Porridge
1979 · Lennie Godber
Going Straight
1978 · Lenny Godber
Last Summer
1977 · Johnny
Porridge: The Desperate Hours
1976 · Godber
Porridge: No Way Out
1975 · Godber
The Floater
1975 · Michael Robson
Three for All
1975 · Jet Bone
Porridge
1974 · Lennie Godber
Rising Damp
1974 · Alan
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1974 · The Young Man
The Donati Conspiracy
1973 · Robert Sadler
The Lovers!
1973 · Geoffrey Scrimshaw
Rentadick
1972 · Hobbs
Justice
1971 · Terry Watson
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · Richard Frobisher
Detective Waiting
1971 · Lewis
The Lovers
1970
Play for Today
1970 · Michael Robson
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Pete
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Dermot
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Angus MacFee
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Johnny
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Lewis
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